Consultancy Oliver Wight has expanded its operations in South Africa with the appointment of Sean du Sart to meet growing demand

Levi Strauss has hired Maple Lake to implement a standardised merchandise and assortment planning application across its global retail operations

UK service industries are starting to show signs of a two speed recovery, David Noble, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, has warned.

Dr John Gattorna, author of the influential book “Living Supply Chains”, will deliver a keynote address at the Demand Driven Supply Chain conference later this month

FedEx Express has appointed Gerald Leary to succeed Robert Elliott as regional president for Europe, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa.

The Khafji Joint Operations has awarded a £11.8m ($17m), five-year contract for fourth party logistics warehousing and solutions in Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia to Agility

More companies than ever have indicated that they plan to enter the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards, but time is running out to get entries in

Companies need to reassess their supply chain processes to ensure that progress towards efficiency does not boost the potential for failure in the face of economic, operational or environmental disruptions

More companies than ever have indicated that they plan to enter the Supply Chain Excellence Awards, so to ensure that they have the time to complete their entries we have extended the deadline to Friday 2nd July

Luxury goods retailer Burberry cut the inventory in its supply chain by 36 per cent last year despite a nine per cent increase in retail space

Supply Chain Standard's group on Linked In is the place to share best practice and thought leadership with other supply chain professionals

DHL Supply Chain has targeted the 3 billion euro market in outsourced service logistics in Asia Pacific which it reckons is growing at 25 per cent per year.

Automation specialist Vanderlande Industries is extending its relationship with Dutch research institute TNO for a further two years.

The European Union is stepping up border security with a new Import Control System (ICS) that will become mandatory from 1st January 2011.

Asda, part of the Walmart group, is to buy Netto Foodstores in the UK to compete in the smaller store sector in a move that follows the announcement of plans to expand its home delivery business.

Cadbury UK has dominated the latest round of the Fresh Connection supply chain competition

The Scottish government is funding supply chain work to connect food processors and manufacturers with retailers, public and private catering establishments

The government is setting up an Efficiency and Reform Group to drive its £6.2bn austerity programme through Whitehall

Marks & Spencer saved £35m last year through efficiency improvements in its supply chain including warehouse consolidation and implementation of a number of efficiency projects

IBM has reached agreement with AT&T to acquire Sterling Commerce, the supply chain software specialist, for about $1.4 billion in cash